BHCC - Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce

Smart Learning is the Chamber’s educational programme, with interactive events run by some of the most experienced practitioners in the art of business - from social media and marketing to PR and branding to finance and pitching.

Join us at The Freeman Centre, University of Sussex on Tuesday 17^th May for...

Understanding Your Money: your accounts, budgeting and cash flow forecasting

When you start your own business, having to deal with the business finances can be a daunting task.

Even if you employ an accountant to deal with the annual accounts and tax returns, you still need to deal with the day-to-day financial decisions.

Without having a handle on your business finances it becomes difficult to make important choices such as whether to invest in new equipment, sign a lease or take on staff.

In this workshop, Carol Lewis of Bainbridge Lewis Limited will show you how monitoring your own finances efficiently will help your accountant in producing your annual accounts, reducing their costs and ultimately saving you money. 

During the session, you’ll learn about:

• How to monitor how much money your business is making
• How to produce a budget for your business
• How to ensure your business has enough cash to survive

By the end of the session you should be able to:

• Set up your business finances so that you are able to monitor your business results
• Produce budgets and cash flow forecasts that will help you with growing your business
• Feel confident when making key business decisions 

About the trainer

Carol Lewis is a Brighton-based accountant who runs a two partner practice, Bainbridge Lewis Limited.

As well as offering accounts and tax return production for compliance purposes, she also provides a hands-on service to her clients so that she can help them with management accounts, putting accounting systems in place or answering any other questions they may have.

Carol also teaches evening classes in accountancy at City College Brighton & Hove, combining the technical knowledge of a practising accountant with the skills to be able to pass on this knowledge to others.

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Our partner organisation for this session is the University ofBrighton’s Profitnet programme.

Please note that Profitnet members should call 01273 719097 tobook a place at the member rate of £50.